for farming and drinking in these areas. Groundwater helps these area's tremendously and has to be used in normal quantities as they are liable to run out which causes many problems such as sinkholes, human displacement, and for soil to be totally drained of water useless for agricultural purposes. Even though tapping aquifers is a very practical idea it has some set backs as it can have disaterous eff!ects if polluted or over used.

Groundwater originates as water or melting snow that seeps into the soil and finds it's way down through cracks and spaces in rock until it is stopped by a impermeable layer of rock, where it forms as groundwater.

is because the land sinks over periods of time which most people can not detect but studies have shown in the last 40 years in Texas have shown that lands on the Ogallala aquifer have sunk of levels up to 21 m.

Considering that over 50 % of the United States gets it's drinking water from aquifers we know that it is maybe our most valuable resource on the planet even though it can not be measured in dollars and cents. Water levels in the aquifers are predicted to drop if further mass consumption continues in the United States which may prove to be disasterous to the ability of having enough fresh water for it's growing popualtion and industry. In the last 35 years groundwater consumption has gone from 21 billion to 89 billion gallons in a day. If this rate of consumption continues at the current level three of the largest aquifers will be at dangerously low levels in 100 years. Much action needs to be taken to prevent the groundwater from being polluted and depleted as so much of our everyday lives depends on it. Right now there are almost no signifigant projects to conserve this resource which is a shame as soon people may be paying major dollars for water as it will need to be cleaned so heavily and if that does not work we will have to drink water that is full of chemicals and sewage. The idea of water being gone maybe a bit alarmist but if nothing is done to balance the water being taken out in it may be too late to do anything about it.

This process is very costly as water is hard to transport in large quantities and it is a very ineffective method of getting water to an area.

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